Mangaonkar,Anaka for junior national squash

Tamil Nadu are set to make a clean sweep in the women’s and girls under-19 categories where the redoubtable Anaka Alankamony is the top seed in both categories and is in line for a double crown. Seeded second in both categories is her compatriot Aparajitha Balamurukan.

Alankamony will be arriving in Mumbai fresh from her maiden title triumph abroad and her second on the women’s professional tour,after winning the Ipswich Open on Sunday where she stunned top seed and world No. 39 Kylie Lindsay of New Zealand.

Eighteen-year-old Alankamony,who is on the threshold of taking over the reins from Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal,is a product of the Indian Squash Academy,Chennai.

Jaya stuns Riya

Unseeded Jaya Pandey of Maharashtra rallied to shock seeded Riya Sisodia of Rajasthan in a thrilling girls’ under-15 first qualifying round,in the Junior & Sub Junior National Squash Championship,at the Cricket Club of India on Wednesday.

Pandey ignored the early 0-2 deficit to race to an exciting 3-2 win over Sisodia,ranked in the fifth to eighth slot. In another tie,Diya Sanghi,also of Maharashtra overcame Ananya Vir of Delhi in another 3-2 thriller,after leading 2-0,with the second and deciding sets stretching into extra points.

Little Gigi Pandole of Maharashtra registered a significant win when she beat Mounisha N. of Tamil Nadu 3-2 in a nail-biting girls under-11 first qualifying round contest,after leading 2-0 and snatching the decider over extra points.

Jash Chedda of Maharashtra and Jairaj Singh of Rajasthan were significant 3-2 winners in the boys under-13 second qualifying round,while Maharashtra duo Aayush Bhansali and Aryan Hemdev and Siddharth Singhania of Delhi won deciders in the boys under-15 second qualifying round.

Aakash Jaini of MP,Naseem of Chandigarh,Harsh Jain of Haryana and Raghav Mehrotra of Maharashtra advanced to the boys under-17 third qualifying round following hard-fought wins that completed an action packed day.

Results

Sub Jr. & Jr. Nat: Girls U-11 (1st qualifying Rd): Gigi Pandole (Mah) bt Mounisha N (TN) 11-8,11-9,9-11,6-11,12-10; Aishwarya Khubchandani (Mah) bt Khushi Rathore (MP) 11-4,11-4,11-5; Miraya Gupta (Mah) bt Shanaia Paruthi (Raj) 11-5,11-5,11-5. Girls U-13 (1st qualifying Rd): Ira Gosavi (Goa) bt Titiksha Sharma (Goa) 13-11,11-6,11-1; M. Kiruttigha (TN) bt Aariya Patel (Mah) 11-1,11-9,11-6. Girls U-15 (1st qualifying Rd): Janvi Rathore (TN) bt Oma Choudhary (Raj) 11-8,11-8,11-4; 2-Riddhi Sampat (Mah) bt Priya Gupta (Chd) 11-2,11-4,11-5; Chahak Agarwal (Raj) bt Tara Arora (Mah) 11-2,11-8,8-11,11-7; 3/4-Aditi Prasad (Mah) bt P. Mahalakshmi (TN) 11-4,11-4,11-1; Nandini Agrawal (UP) bt Shreya Bhuraria (Delhi) 11-4,11-3,11-3; 3/4-Vedika Arun (TN) bt Aashni Parek (Mah) 11-2,11-3,11-2; Malvika Singh (Raj) bt Bhavna Yadav (Mah) 6-11,11-7,12-10,11-6; 5/8-Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) bt Amaya Kothari (Delhi) 11-6,11-0,11-3; Mahima Gupta (Mah) bt Jessica Chaudhary (Raj) 11-5,11-2,11-9; Jaya Pandey (Mah) bt 5/8-Riya Sisodia (Raj) 8-11,6-11,11-6,11-6,11-4; S. Priyanka (TN) bt Vani Asawa (Mah) 11-9,11-2,11-5; 5/8-Aditi Makhija (Mah) bt Jyoti Agrahari (Chd) 11-3,11-1,11-4; Shrutkriti Shaktawat (Raj) bt G. Swathy (TN) 11-2,11-0,11-0; 5/8-Shreya Suresh (MP) bt Sanika Choudhari (Mah) 11-0,4-11,11-7,11-5; Diya Sanghi (Mah) bt Ananya Vir (Delhi) 11-7,12-10,1-11,5-11,12-10. Boys U-11 (2nd qualifying Rd): 1-Deepak Mandal (Mah) bt Kanhav Nanavati (TN) 11-5,11-2,11-3; Ansh Vora (Mah) bt Aakash Gupta (Mah) 11-3,11-9,12-10; 3/4-Ayan Bhootra (Raj) bt Priyansh Barodia (MP) 11-2,11-2,11-2; 3/4-Om Fadte (Goa) bt Punit Gupta (Mah) 11-2,11-0,11-3; Yohann Poncha (Mah) bt Aryan Khandelwal (MP) 11-8,11-7,11-7. Boys U-13 (2nd qualifying Rd): 1-Rahil Saboo (MP) bt Vivaan Jaikishan (Mah) 8-11,11-9,11-8,11-5; Tanmay Daga (Raj) bt Abhir Asrani (Mah) 11-1,11-2,11-1; P. Barath (TN) bt Raunak Advani (Mah) 5-11,11-7,5-11,11-7,11-7; Ansh Shetty (Mah) bt Kaustubh Tanksale (Goa) 11-2,11-2,11-2; 2-Kunal Singh (Raj) bt Shloke Sahay (Mah) 11-7,9-11,11-9,11-3; Swayam Bhatia (Delhi) bt Aman Parikh (Mah) 11-5,11-5,11-2; Shivam Bansal (Chd) bt Rehan Chhabria (Mah) 11-8,11-4,11-2; Shlok Makhija (Mah) bt Jarod Chen (TN) 11-2,11-0,11-1; 3/4-G. Yashwanth Raghav (TN) bt Avinash Yadav (Mah) 11-2,11-3,11-0; Prakhar Jain (Raj) bt Sumehr Makhija (Mah) 11-6,10-12,11-8,11-4; Ahaan Nalavadi (Mah) bt A Nitish (TN) 11-1,11-2,11-2; Tiksh Snehal Doshi (MP) bt Jai Lekh Raj (Mah) 5-11,11-5,11-3,12-10; 3/4-Saksham Choudhary (Delhi) bt Aman Kumar (Chd) 11-1,11-0,11-1; Bhuvan Uthaiah (TN) bt Bhuvas Doshi (Mah) 11-7,11-6,11-5; Druhin Rathore (Goa) bt Krishna Thadani (Mah) 11-7,5-11,11-8,11-8; Jash Chedda (Mah) bt Siddharth Vinod (Guj) 11-2,11-13,11-9,10-12,11-6; 5/8-Mayank Sojatia (MP) bt Manav Trehon (Goa) 6-11,11-1,11-9,11-6; Armaan Vaswani (Mah) bt Rj Isrel Titus Raja (TN) 11-6,11-9,11-5; Varun Tiwari (UP) bt Arjun Lal (Mah) 11-2,11-0,11-1; Varun Babbar (Mah) bt Karan Singh (Raj) 17-15,11-3,11-5; 5/8-Pranav N. Visvesh (TN) bt Anuj Unadkhat (Mah) 11-2,11-4,11-9; Suraj Chand (Mah) bt Rohan Jain (MP) 11-1,11-6,11-3; Sonn Kumar (Chd) bt Zahaan Motiwala (Mah) 11-7,11-4,11-8; Anurag Jain (Delhi) bt Kabir Khan (Mah) 11-5,11-2,11-3; 5/8-Abdul Rahman (Delhi) bt Rudra Samir Dhaduk (Guj) 11-0,11-0,11-4; Inderjit Singh (Chd) bt Aryan Khanna (Mah) 11-3,11-0,11-2; Rahul Dharra (Mah) bt S. Aravinth Dharmar (TN) 11-5,11-2,11-4.